Why Mountain Biking Here Will Make You a Better Rider!

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When one says Texas, one doesn't think about mountain biking. But the reality is that the MTB scene in Texas is exploding with my amazing bike parks popping up all over the place. In this video, we explore the lone star state to see how much progression we can make on our bikes!
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0:00 Intro
0:44 Locations
1:11 Learning to Jump
2:06 Transitioning to Gap Jumps
2:47 Rocky Hill Jumps
3:14 Yuka Sends It
4:24 Getting a Sense for Jumping
4:50 Reveille Tabletops
5:45 Popping of Jumps
6:28 Reveille Step-ups
7:46 Big Cedar Step-up
8:29 "There's a gap so I have to go farther"
8:49 Rocky Hill Step-up
10:40 Features to Progress into
11:23 Why these places are valuable
12:21 Bonus!

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@dommer742 2 жыл бұрын

Do you two ever ride different bikes? Some pump track and skatepark riding on dirt jumpers might help round out some uh... gaps in the skill collection. It would be pretty interesting to see you two build your own pump/trails features that evolve with you and are designed specifically to unlock a few things you feel are missing like pumping, popping, nosing into landings, etc. Great stuff as always

@kevineason2926 2 жыл бұрын

I’m sure it’s hard to pack more than 2 bikes in a van that you live in full time.

@cartercarter3484 2 жыл бұрын

@@kevineason2926 idk they have a similar bike storage area to most ppl and I’ve seen ppl cram like 6 bikes in

@letsgo_inc 2 жыл бұрын

"there's a gap so I have to go farther"... flawless logic tbh

@nofrontbrakes 2 жыл бұрын

Totally captured the TX vibe! Yuka's "I'm just gonna send it" mentality is amazing to watch, and I appreciate that you and I have the same mental approach to doing things. Now if I only had some of your skills... 😂

@BCpov 2 жыл бұрын

Hehe, you can hone those skills at 3 amazing places near you 😉

@Nraff9 2 жыл бұрын

Support this guys channel name for f you mtb

@mtb_king2716 2 жыл бұрын

@@BCpov you should come to SC and try Biggin Creek Trail!!! I would love to show you around.

@freeride512.0 2 жыл бұрын

Was great having Eric and Yuka at the Freeride512 Park at Rocky Hill. We're always continuing the progression build there, and will have more for you to ride next time.

@rataflas 2 жыл бұрын

All I can say is that these guys came to Dallas Big Cedar thanks to the new stuff that was built! What's so special is that the features are built with safety and progression in mind. So cool be part of it and I know our group will not look back we will just keep progressing and building more wherever they let us💪🏻

@phatnuts8283 2 жыл бұрын

This channel is so good. The effort in every video and the quality is next level. Keep it up Eric!!!

@BCpov 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Sam! Trying my best!

@ElHorste 2 жыл бұрын

Please, please, PLEASE make a video about a coached jumping session! I love to see you guys progress, and that will boost you to the moon! Keep up the great content, it is a pleasure watching it!

@fix8ed387 2 жыл бұрын

Showing some Texas jump love. RPR and Big Cedar are some of the best we have around. Good stuff!

@d-nicebikes 2 жыл бұрын

Texas continues to do it big and do it right! Great review of three awesome bike parks, Team! Looks like great places for skill development. Looking forward to your next visit when you ride all the lines with no hesitation, casing or overshooting. Always good for a smile to see/hear VGY employing the "just send it approach" and deal with the consequences after. Another great vid, Eric. Loving the channel(s). Stay awesome. Cheers, Derek

@BasicBodThor 2 жыл бұрын

You two are the best. Honest mountain biking adventures. You always capture the spirit of what makes this sport so fun

@jadeloff5557 2 жыл бұрын

Love the Texas MTB scene. I've lived in Texas my whole life but I only started riding (give or take) 2 years ago. Everyone I've met has been so nice and helpful and the trails are so progressive!! Good things to come in the very near future, deep in the heart of Texas!

@jimm244 2 жыл бұрын

Happy day! A video from Eric! I love your travel logs and I love seeing you work up to features. It gives me hope! There is great (seriously great) trail riding in my area and a fun natural feature bike park-ish place. What we lack is a park with side-by-side progressions.

@Dessi101 2 жыл бұрын

I just love your videos! Your reasoning and feelings towards a challenge makes us viewers see the real honest person behind the camera. You're not just showing off and that makes me happy!

@boblipsch4450 2 жыл бұрын

Your vids are just on a other level man🤯🤩 keep it up💪🏼💪🏼

@boblipsch4450 2 жыл бұрын

Your vids are just on another level man🤯🤩 keep up the good work!

@rodspov1915 9 ай бұрын

Thanks for stopping by Texas. I love to live here for the reasons you covered very well. I’m glad you all had fun! We also have access to our neighbor states like Bentonville AR and Angel Fire in NM. There is no shortage of awesome places to ride around here. Cheers

@travelthenarrowtrail8660 2 жыл бұрын

Great video you guys. Yuka never ceases to amaze. No fear at all, she just sends it every time.

@jaykim6412 2 жыл бұрын

the videos have such a soothing effect- the music, narraration, and vid clips bring it all together- well done!

@tatebaird7217 2 жыл бұрын

Sad I missed you guys! Thanks for coming! It’s all greened up now.. We love our Texas mountain biking. You missed spidy mountain next to RPR. The only lift access in Texas.

@supercoloradokid 2 жыл бұрын

Your videos are next level! So good! Keep it up. I would love to see more about each of these parks.

@johnpaulbolger7678 2 жыл бұрын

So glad you were able to make it down to Texas. Keep up the great work.

@rlh347 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome video… I enjoy the way you tell the “story” about your ride. 💪🏽

@DemonicVelocity 2 жыл бұрын

I love step ups. There is so much room to fail without risking big injuries. Step downs on the other hand are my personal nightmare.

@silverbackshooting1563 2 жыл бұрын

You are my favorite KZfaqr! Thanks for all you do for the community as well. Have a good one.

@BCpov 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the thanks! 🙂

@AlexGifford5150 2 жыл бұрын

Very cool you got to ride our trails! Hope you enjoyed your stay here in Texas!

@eddie_mtb7780 Жыл бұрын

When that music came on I got hit with the bigest nostalgia for the summers of my teenhood riding dirt jumpls I biult with all my friends. Wish i could go back to those days

@Dubzy001 2 жыл бұрын

Oh snap, you all were in our back yard. I lurk and dont comment much but my husband and I are game dev/mountain bikers in the Austin area. I found your channel a while ago and saw you had a similar background, so ya'lls story really resonates with us! You've really inspired us. We follow VanGirlYuka too!

@nzack7888 2 жыл бұрын

Game dev/mountain bikers? Sounds like the dream! 🤟

@BIGTIMBERFILMS 2 жыл бұрын

So awesome. Can't wait for you to come visit again. 🤘🤘🤘

@BCpov 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your work out there and showing us around!

@IrieVibeSender 2 жыл бұрын

Great video. Cool vibe that differs from your usual. Love your narration work. Great voice for this stuff.

@tristanloteryman4023 2 жыл бұрын

I'm glad you enjoyed our neck of the woods! We don't have a lot of elevation but we try to make the best of it 🙂hopefully the guy who bought out half of big cedar will see the benefit it has to the community and continue to allow riders on their property

@dad_hacks 2 жыл бұрын

Very well put together video. Nice work.

@chrisbfleetwood 2 жыл бұрын

Love your videos, guys. So "pro". Super inspiring. Keep up the great work!

@yasso2031 2 жыл бұрын

every summer i look forward to your videos

@enderawesome4521 2 жыл бұрын

You looked far more confident here then a lot of your pervious videos, good job!

@AndersNoen Жыл бұрын

I saw you guys! I was biking at this track when i was behind you. I couldnt catch up becouse my gearing was damaged becouse of a jump. But i tried as hard as i could! Love your videos its so relaxing to look at!

@andrewbrinkman3137 2 жыл бұрын

I love big c. so happy to see that people are finding it. big cedar helped me progress so much. with in a month I was hitting the small jumps then finnialy being able to do the widdo maker. I basically live there now

@KestrelYI 2 жыл бұрын

You two have made amazing progression.

@bigsid3011 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent video. Beautiful riding facilities.

@lonestarmtb6799 2 жыл бұрын

Some of the best places to ride in Texas! Glad y'all had a good time!!

@mgmatiasek 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the inspiration to explore texas!

@bengonzales1182 2 жыл бұрын

Wow I knew that was Big Cedar, that's awesome to see you guys visited. There's a place in McKinney called Erwin Park that just got a new jump track, it's pretty awesome. Northshore in Flower Mound is a great place.

@gabeasher187 2 жыл бұрын

Love to see the progression!

@landonlewis5918 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for coming to cedar. It was fun to ride with you!

@mtbexplorer 2 жыл бұрын

Congrats on 400k man

@DirtyPandaMTB 2 жыл бұрын

Nice work Erick! Good job on the step up 🤘 feels good to conquer your fear one at a time 😁

@taffycymroukmtb9073 2 жыл бұрын

Great stuff Eric 👌🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿👌

@thebigoutside9623 2 жыл бұрын

This just makes me more existed to move to TX! Thanks for sharing this awesome video!

@danielpayreder7669 2 жыл бұрын

wow mega 🤩, congratulations on your progress, i am just starting out with mtb and would love to ride this park 👍👍🤙🤙

@AndreLaurentMTB 2 жыл бұрын

Well done. You know it's repetition, rinse and repeat to get your mind to follow your body. Stress less, ride more. Stay safe.

@nizzurtmontalgizzert3337 2 жыл бұрын

Thats some sick riding!

@Roostsandboost 2 жыл бұрын

It’s the “Oh i cased it, honey!” U guys r my favorite

@boydcrowder4436 2 жыл бұрын

Wow, those are some awesome places for practice. I still remember your old video on a big step up gap when you were left hanging by your arms with no bike in sight :) Thanks for keeping it honest.

@tysonfaifer 2 жыл бұрын

Next time you come through TX stop at Erwin Park in DFW. We built a new skills park there that just opened April 23rd 2022.

@Madsmechanic 2 жыл бұрын

One note, Rocky Hill Ranch is actually the Freeride 512 side.

@lauraweissman8830 2 жыл бұрын

I have ridden in Texasx, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Missouri, and kansas. and by far my favorite trail system is big cedar!

@mtb_tw2377 2 жыл бұрын

Really nice trails you found there 🔥🤙

@tiagoweyne6661 2 жыл бұрын

Yuka you are the best!!!

@spaboos06 2 жыл бұрын

Yuka always seems to amaze me every video

@sawyerstorck4125 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the videos! You need to come down again!!

@FrANTiXzz 2 жыл бұрын

I hope you gonna race again :-) love your race videos. Rewatching some from time to time

@eternalsunrides 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome trails, what a great find! How did you hear about this place? Love to watch your stories and travels. You're a big inspiration to my videos and places I've also visited.

@BikeLifewithRob 2 жыл бұрын

That’s great!!

@gr0undrush 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome places. I'd like to see more parks like these. Expecially like wide tabletops where one side is a full table, and the other has a gap, so when you can clear the table you KNOW you can clear the gap, with exactly the same take off and landing.

@ilili493 2 жыл бұрын

I would love to have something similar here. Most of local parks have rather small tabletops and then pretty big jump to gap jumps. Mot really anything in-between.

@liamdillon5343 2 жыл бұрын

Nice job on the step up that’s sick

@judechandler5102 2 жыл бұрын

The production quality of your videos is second to absolutely none. I suspect you would find great success if you turned your hand to professional documentary production. Keep up the awesome work!

@WeekendPirate 2 жыл бұрын

These parks in Texas would be great for someone like me who is just getting comfortable with small jumps

@blandfox600 2 жыл бұрын

if you guys ever swing by NC in the future, I would highly recommend Fisher Farms black diamond trails. It has some really smooth trails with bolder features, speedy berms and a flowy road gap. The locals really take great care of their trails. (The only trail i wouldn't recommend is the Twisted Sisters. Its kinda rough.)

@pedalstrkrmtb7716 2 жыл бұрын

I remember when you were first learning to jump and struggling mightily. In fact, Yuka was way better then. But look at you now Eric...Damn!

@christopherjohnson5575 2 жыл бұрын

Looks great! I'm still surprised how timid I am after a bone-breaking crash!

@Ivan-ek7hm 2 жыл бұрын

Love this channel

@gomezs2k 2 жыл бұрын

@BCpov next time out come out to the Dallas area make sure you stop by Erwin Park to check out the new Skills Area!

@MtbOverload 2 жыл бұрын

Nice finally a new video

@mtbville 2 жыл бұрын

So awesome content 🤩😍🤘🔥

@thedailytrailrider814 2 жыл бұрын

keep up the good work

@HYDROPHILPLAYS 2 жыл бұрын

Nice everstoke shirt 😁👍🏼

@damarapoledna3636 2 жыл бұрын

I built the ski jump at BC back in 2010😎

@bigbarrelbr 2 жыл бұрын

The son ofEric and Yuka, will be the perfect rider, Eric's technic with Yuka's fearless instinct.

@lavender-rosefox8817 Ай бұрын

We need more mountain bike parks here in the UK

@scottgraham2502 2 жыл бұрын

Great video! There is something I would love to learn. How do you scout a line? The process, the evaluation, then the application. Do you spend a day or read up on the line, or even just stop at each feature? I cannot wait to see your next story!!!! Thank You and Yuka!!!!

@aggiemtb4038 2 жыл бұрын

I tested out full pull before all the jumps were put in (with permission of course) and also overshot the first jump. I landed all the way in the dirt and ate it. Great clip for Friday fails

@mtbwithtfb 2 жыл бұрын

NICE! Bob T.

@kimweincek9019 2 жыл бұрын

Wow Texas… I had no idea!

@DoubleNation 2 жыл бұрын

Wait this guy at 12:00 is missing an arm but not giving a shit and riding huge ass rocks with a prosthesis? Mad respect!

@Ralle24 2 жыл бұрын

Nice 💪💪

@JasonTankard 2 жыл бұрын

What the crap on a stick. Some crazy things! Cool, but insane too. I guess this all works for big progression though!

@jeffgriffin1875 2 жыл бұрын

You guys were in my backyard, hope Texas treated you well. Next time in Texas, give Spider Mountain in Burnet a shot!

@newMarionava 2 жыл бұрын

❤️

@tocoakabuffcat6248 2 жыл бұрын

great video

@tftcride 2 жыл бұрын

Yuka is a trooper, much braver than me lol.

@VoodooJeff 2 жыл бұрын

Oh man, I wish I'd have known you guys were in town. I'm a Big Cedar local and would have loved to ride with you there 🙂

@nikolasmilanovic6251 2 жыл бұрын

no way you visited big cedar omg dude i go there all the time that is coool

@Alexandros_Patsialidis 2 жыл бұрын

Now I clearly see why Erik is coming nosy on all of his jumps. I mean kinda controlled nosy. He pops just a bit early: 6:00 And then he also moves towards the handelbar. Just an observation this is 🌹 going to a pumptrack and really learn how to pop with the right riming might help a lot! Cheers and thanks for you fantastic content 🍻

@damarapoledna3636 2 жыл бұрын

I built the original iteration of the BC step-up also😁

@sjaan7370 2 жыл бұрын

You don't need a drop park Eric, you need a step-up area with three progressive step-ups to practice on until you get rid of that anxiety 🙂

@ArkAngel_45 2 жыл бұрын

If you're looking for jumps in Texas, check out Seguin Skills Park. The builder Chris is a fantastic person and does jump classes in Saturdays. They work entirely off of donations to the children's center that let's him build out there.